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Did King Alfonso V of Portugal send any military squadrons to fight the Ottomans in the 15th century? I ask because that was one of the deals made with Pope Nicholas V in order to get recognition of Portugal’s trading rights in Africa.

by HistoryBuff April 12, 2022, 11:55 am

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Are there any written accounts (in English) about life as a small merchant in a trading republic such as Venice

by HistoryBuff March 29, 2022, 10:01 am

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TIL that, during the Persian Gulf War, Topps made a trading card set depicting people and equipment on both sides of the conflict

by whatilearned March 19, 2022, 3:37 am

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TIL Canada has only sentenced one person, Stanko Joseph Grmovsek, to prison for insider trading. He was the first and only person in Canadian history to serve a Federal sentence of imprisonment for insider trading. He was sentenced to 39 months in prison.

by whatilearned March 2, 2022, 1:59 am

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TIL that the Pokemon Kadabra stopped appearing in the trading card games due to a lawsuit filed by magician Uri Geller in the early 2000s. Geller claimed that Nintendo based Kadabra on him because he also has a spoon-bending act and its Japanese name Yungeller sounds similar to his own.

by whatilearned February 11, 2022, 6:48 pm

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TIL Tim Burton was originally working on a movie based on the Dinosaurs Attack! trading cards, but switched to Mars Attacks! after the release of Jurassic Park.

by whatilearned February 8, 2022, 3:33 am

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TIL about Dejima – a Portuguese/Dutch trading post in Nagasaki, Japan that was the only designated place for foreign trade for 200+ years during the Japanese Edo period. It’s been credited for introducing Japan to things like photography, coffee, chocolate, badminton, etc.

by whatilearned January 23, 2022, 6:09 pm

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If sexual experiences were like trading cards, what would be your rarest card?

by QuestionGuy December 13, 2021, 3:58 pm

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He Wrote a High-Frequency Trading Platform In D

by ProgrammerDude December 11, 2021, 1:56 pm

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TIL In 1956 a trader named Vince Kosuga cornered the national onion market, purchasing 30 million lbs. After dumping his stockpile it led to a public outcry, Congress passed the Onion Futures Act. As a result onions are the only commodity where the trading of futures contracts are banned.

by whatilearned December 9, 2021, 1:39 pm

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TIL Poland is one of the few countries that maintain diplomatic and limited trading (fishing) relations with Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Poland recognized the DPRK on 16 October 1948 as the sole legitimate government of the whole Korea.

by whatilearned December 4, 2021, 7:34 pm

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GitHub – freqtrade/freqtrade: Free, open source crypto trading bot

by ProgrammerDude December 4, 2021, 5:25 pm

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